stroll
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
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to walk about in a leisurely manner
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(intr) to wander from place to place
noun
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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strollsimple
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strollssimple
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have strolledperfect
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has strolledperfect
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am strollingprogressive
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are strollingprogressive
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is strollingprogressive
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have been strollingperfect progressive
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has been strollingperfect progressive
Past
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strolledsimple
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had strolledperfect
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was strollingprogressive
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were strollingprogressive
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had been strollingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of stroll
First recorded in 1595–1605; of uncertain origin
Explanation
As a noun, a stroll is a leisurely walk. After a heavy meal, you may want to go out for a stroll to help you work off some of the calories. You also will take a stroll on your day off and the weather is nice. The word stroll originally came to English through the German word strollen, which means to wander aimlessly. The word stroll can also be used as a verb meaning to take a leisurely walk in which you do some wandering. You may enjoy a stroll through the park, along the beach, or down the city streets — take your time.
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Example Sentences
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Neither do any of the dozen or so women who gathered over the weekend to stroll along the shores of Hanoi's West Lake wearing matching red-and-yellow T-shirts.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
She said the event made her “proud to represent LACMA” and to be a Metro board member, referencing the recently-opened Metro D-line extension, which dropped attendees off a quick stroll from LACMA’s entrance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026
Did Gordon Granger, an otherwise obscure Union Army general, really stroll into Galveston and read a decree from Abraham Lincoln declaring, to a sea of onlookers, that all enslaved people were now officially free?
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026
Take a stroll along the high street in Broughty Ferry and you are spoiled for choice when it comes to cafes, clothes shops and curry houses.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
They’re both holding little paper containers of food, hardly enough to fill my belly after that twenty-block stroll down Knickerbocker Avenue.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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